ADUR ESTUARY: Between
the Toll Bridge and the Norfolk Bridge on a high but falling tide.
Rather quiet down as far as the Railway Bridge, the only waders being
three Lapwings. One Little Egret, four Linnets and a small flock of six Skylarks. Rather more birds below the railway, with 26 Turnstones roosting on the small boats near the Outdoor Activities Centre. On and around the saltmarsh south of the main road were 45 Lapwings, 40+ Redshanks, two Greenshanks, one Curlew, one Bar-tailed Godwit and one Grey Plover. Three Grey Herons and a Little Egret. Eight Teal. Several small groups of Swallows flying south (SOS). Two Little Egrets, a Sparrowhawk, a Buzzard, a Kingfisher, 20 Swallows, a House Martin, three Chiffchaffs, two Stonechats and a Meadow Pipit (BirdTrack).
CISSBURY RING: Four RING OUZELS, a Redstart, two Wheatears, five Stonechats, a Mistle Thrush, three Red-legged Partridges, a Sparrowhawk, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, four Great Spotted Woodpeckers, two Kestrels, a Raven, Swallow, House Martin, a Willow Warbler, 14 Chiffchaffs, 11 Blackcaps, a Goldcrest (BirdTrack).
SALVINGTON : Birding from home today, a large tit flock moved through the garden around 10am included c20 Long-tailed Tits and a Coal Tit was visiting my feeders again. A Chiffchaff was tagging along and a couple of Goldcrests were in nearby trees. The alarm calls of the local gulls had me scanning the skies and soon picked up a raptor from the north(cissbury direction) and was fairly low, grabbing my bins i was soon watching a nice ringtail HEN HARRIER as it glided towards us, before turning and heading off westwards towards Highdown, wasn't hanging around ! Later a single Buzzard also arrived from the north and a Sparrowhawk was torturing the local Starlings (NB)
GORING GAP: 6 Stonechat by the rough field, 6 Wigeon west, 25c Swallows west in brief visit (GDM)
